I was right about everything!

Well, a couple of things. : And I wasn’t the only one. : But why waste a good couple of “I told you so”‘s?

The first thing I was right about was, of course, how dismal a prospect it was that we’d get a bona fide clown in the United States Senate, as opposed to the usual amateur clowns. : Well, of course, we all knew that. : As I said then:

I never: dreamed that the Al Franken Decade could actually occur.: And yet, it seems, that grisly reality begins now.

Wealth is not a crime, and neither is conspicuous consumption. : You don’t get brownie points for either, but it’s a lifestyle choice if you want it. : Yet for sure there is something particular ham-fisted and galling about the way the nouveau riche come across, especially when insisting that they are card-carrying members of the Oppressed.

And it matters, too. : It’s not just a matter of style, class and discretion. : It matters because we’re upon an election season which, by all indications, is already not looking all that great for the Obama Party. : Are the Obamas so unaware of how their callous displays of high living at delicate moments come across by virtue of having completely lost touch with the real America? : Do they just not care what happens in the November elections? : Are they completely contemptuous of the sensibilities of the people they claim to serve?

It’s got to be one of these. : No matter which, the answer is hardly comforting, either politically for Democrats or merely in terms of the common weal. : Toldjah’s snark is well deserved: : The adults never really did show up to govern.